Nicolas Cage Life Lessons

The Nicolas Cage Guide To Being A Man (With GIFs)

Nicolas Cage is a man who lives by his own set of rules, both in his own life (he named his kid after Superman) and on film. He has fought terrorists, the devil, alcoholism and bees. In his latest movie, Dog Eat Dog, he plays an ex-con who tries to kidnap a mobster’s baby so that he can retire to Hawaii – because that’s the kind of thing Cage does.

He has seen shit; more shit than you or I will ever see. He has things to teach. Take these life lessons from his movies and you too could live with the majestic self-confidence of Nicolas Cage, but hopefully with somewhat better hair.

2. Having Children

3. Grooming

That haircut you decide to get because you’ve had the same boring old ‘do for years and think it’s time for a change, to grow it out and show the world you’re not the man it thinks you are? You will come to regret it. (Con Air)

7. Music

Wherever you go, whatever you do, you will never entirely escape the possibility that some arsehole is going to turn up with an acoustic guitar and think they’re the life and soul of everything. (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin)

10. Fatherhood

If you’re fortunate enough to become a dad, enjoy it. If you’re fortunate enough to have a daughter, teach her that she can be whatever she wants to be and that no man is better than her. Although if she wants to be an assassin it’s probably not a good idea to encourage it, but we’re not here to judge. (Kick-Ass)

11. Do Unto Others

12. Carpe Diem

Live for today. There is no point trying to second-guess the future because it will never turn out quite how you imagined and sometimes it might involve the entire planet bursting into flames and possibly aliens. You can’t prepare for that. (Knowing)

13. Negotiating

If a deal seems too good to be true it always is, especially when the thing you’re surrendering for that deal is your soul. Come on, man, selling your soul never works out. You know this. (Ghost Rider)

14. Be Yourself

You can try and change everything about yourself externally but underneath you will always be the same person and you need to learn to accept that person. And deep down you are John Travolta – hang on, we’ve got confused on this one. (Face/Off)